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INSIDER: Test & Measurement
EA Elektro-Automatik, a manufacturer of DC programmable power supplies, bidirectional power supplies and regenerative electronic loads, has announced...
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News: Energy
The term “gigafactory” has become common lexicon for a manufacturing facility constructed to produce the almost incalculable number of individual battery cells required for the millions of...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
At the Battery Show this week, Interplex, that powers e-mobility solutions of tomorrow by designing and manufacturing interconnect and mechanical products,...
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News: Power
At the Battery Show North America, a panel of leaders addressed North America’s lithium supply challenges, and talked about signs that aggressive movement from...
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Technology & Society: Materials
A robot developed at North Carolina State University can conduct experiments more sustainably and accelerate energy materials research.
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News: Energy
As the world’s major auto markets begin an inexorable shift to EVs and hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs), any discussion of the engineering behind...
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INSIDER: Power
Arkema will present its full range of specialty materials enhancing the efficiency, sustainability, and reliability of electric vehicle and energy storage system...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Indium Corporation will feature its Rel-ion™ suite of electrical, mechanical, and thermal solutions to reduce EV manufacturers’ time to...
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INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Mobility-related changes mean that the need for high-performance batteries for EVs is rapidly increasing. Plasma pretreatment is the key technology for...
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NASA Spinoff: Green Design & Manufacturing
An organism that astronauts are studying as a possible protein source for long-duration missions is also informing a project to introduce sustainable fungal proteins to low- and moderate-income communities around the world.
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Quiz: RF & Microwave Electronics
As suppliers of RF technology continue to introduce innovative new approaches to generating, transmitting, receiving, and detecting RF waves, test your knowledge about RF technology with this quiz.
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Blog: Power
Zinc-air batteries have emerged as a better alternative to lithium in a recent study into the advancement of sustainable battery systems.
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Blog: Electronics & Computers
Addressing the challenge of designing and developing a first-of-its-kind handheld controller for flight simulations.
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5 Ws: Software
A new ion trap developed by Sandia National Labs enables scientists to build more powerful machines to advance the experimental but potentially revolutionary field of quantum computing.
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Special Reports: AR/AI
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Smart Factory/IIoT - September 2023
Factories are getting "smarter" and more automated by the day, thanks to advances in AI, robotics, connectivity and sensors. In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Sensor...

Special Reports: Motion Control
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Test & Measurement - September 2023
In this new report from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense Technology, you'll meet the NASA Mars rover's digital twin, discover how 3D scanning is becoming a key weapon for mil/aero...

Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
See the product of the month, IDEC Corporation's SA2E general-purpose photoelectric sensor family.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
See the products of tomorrow, including microscale robots, LOTUS coating, and a wearable e-tattoo.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
See what's new on the market, including an EV valve motor drive, a switch mainframe, CAD/CAM software, control panels, and more.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Researchers have created a new technology to assemble matter in 3D. Their concept uses multiple acoustic holograms to generate pressure fields with which solid particles, gel beads, and even biological cells can be printed.
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Briefs: Materials
A research team has made new discoveries that can expand additive manufacturing in industries that rely on strong metal parts, including aerospace.
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Briefs: Energy
A Penn State-led team of researchers have created a new process to fabricate large perovskite devices that is more cost- and time-effective than previously possible — and may accelerate future materials discovery.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Researchers in the Lyding Group at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have discovered an efficient, sustainable method for 3D-printing single-walled carbon nanotube films, a versatile, durable material that can transform how we explore space, engineer aircraft, and wear electronic technology.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A team at Delft University of Technology has built a new technology on a microchip by combining two Nobel Prize-winning techniques for the first time. This microchip could measure distances in materials at high precision — e.g., underwater or for medical imaging.
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Briefs: Energy
Researchers at Penn State University have achieved a breakthrough in electric vehicle (EV) battery design to enable a 10-minute charge time for a typical EV battery.
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Briefs: Materials
An Electric Vehicle Battery for All Seasons
Many EV owners worry about how effective their battery will be in very cold weather. To address that problem, a team of scientists developed a fluorine-containing electrolyte that performs well even in sub-zero temperatures.
Briefs: Materials
Researchers have fabricated a novel device that could dramatically boost the conversion of heat into electricity. If perfected, the technology could help recoup some of the recoverable heat energy that is wasted in the U.S. at a rate of about $100 billion each year.
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Briefs: Energy
New Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode Offers Higher Stability
In a new study, a research team led by the University of California, Irvine, created and analyzed a material for a Li-ion cathode that uses no cobalt and is instead rich in nickel.
Briefs: Energy
An international research collaboration led by UCLA has developed a way to use perovskite in solar cells while protecting it from the conditions that cause it to deteriorate.
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